Amir Shayesteh Tabar

Amir Shayesteh Tabar (Persian: امیر شایسته تبار‎‎) (born 7 April 1967) is an Iranian artist, painter, poet and movie maker.
Amir is best known for his art works "The Blue Symphony" The concept is completed only by the words of the Basmala: 'In the Name of God the most Gracious the most merciful' بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم and no other words or additional lines, and contains no broken or uncompleted words.

Early years

Shayesteh Tabar is a Persian Iranian, born to working class parents in Tehran. After finishing his high school. Despite a strong interest in art, he studied for a BA degree in industrial management.

During his time at university, he studied many books about painters, photographers, poets and history of art. Besides that, he spent about 6–7 months attending different painting workshops along with personal practise in painting, graphic design and drawing, mostly in black and white. During his study of Islamic art he came to the conclusion that after the Islamic Golden Age in Art, most of Islamic designs in different countries began to follow the same patterns and outlines, and that they are repeating the same concepts century after century, and concluded that this movement needed some innovation.

Other activities

Shayesteh Tabar has been involved in the arts for many years. He supports open dialogue with all religion and people. The Blue Symphony has been exhibited in Iran, Italy United Kingdom Indonesia, FijiDubai and Kazakhstan. Shayesteh Tabar is currently planning a "Peace Tour" for Blue Symphony worldwide. Timothy Verdon, art historian and president of the Commission for Ecumenism and Inter-Faith Dialogue of the Archdiocese of Florence, said of his work: "Amir Shayesteh Tabar is a true artist, able to convey with eloquence and elegance,the beauty of tradition to a European audience. As we seek ways of communication with the Islamic World...”

Exhibitions

As Shayesteh Tabar approached 42 years of age, he started to hold mainstream solo exhibitions world wide. At the 2009 Florence Biennale, he received the President's Award.